Experience

S&H Systems
• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Vice President of Software Integration

  • Dec 2021 - Present


JCPenney

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Supply Chain Engineering & Systems

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2021

  • Corporate level leader of national Supply Chain Teams including: Engineering, Systems, Supplier Compliance, and Capital Management. • Manage up to $60M in Supply Chain capital expenditures, while calibrating IRR (internal rate of return) financially performs at 14% or greater prior to investments, with respect to NPV (net present values). • Automation systems and assets governance within 16M ft2 of distribution space, included: 13 physical DCs, 5 unique business unit operations, averaging 1.2M ft2 per DC. • Oversee ~125 Supply Chain applications varying from WMS, hosts systems, and controls applications. • Responsible for design, development, and deployment of new automation systems, applications and processes. Show less



Rent-A-Center

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Logistics Engineering

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2017

  • Chief Engineer of large corporate projects, implementation of WMS (domestic/international), facility and capacity planning, including development of engineered labor standards and operational metrics. • Responsible for technical management of WMS and other logistics systems including developing design proposals, defining business requirements, interpreting technical specifications, while verifying actual results with original scopes and budgets. • Led WMS deployment in 25 sites, 3 countries, 8 months while meeting all major milestones successfully. • Designed and specified new operational workflows, layouts, material handling systems, storage systems, and other equipment requirements. • Evaluated current and future operational capacity needs, timing, and costs to make the necessary modifications appropriately supporting the needs of business operations. Show less



DISH Network/Blockbuster

• GM of eCommerce Distribution/Logistics

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Managed up to 38 distribution centers across the US market in major metropolitan areas.• B-2-C fulfillment model derived from eCommerce demand consisting of rental and retail DVD's, Blu Ray, and Games.• Maintained 1 to 2 day customer delivery service levels via USPS.• 75M handling units annually consisting of direct fulfillment and reverse process allocations via automation.• Responsible for cross channel logistics between DC-to-DC and DC-to-Stores ensuring inventory levels are balanced across the network. Show less

• General Manager - Global Transportation/Logistics

  • Sep 2007 - Mar 2012

  • Managed $75M freight P&L via LTL, Line Haul, Small Parcel, and USPS-FCM (eCommerce). • Managed cross channel transportation network including: Inbound/Outbound, Store-to-Store transfers (over 4,000 stores), Stores-to-eCommerce DC’s (38), DC-to-DC, and Reverse Logistics between channels.• Responsible for transporting up to 200 million units annually across channels, including international.• Developed scenario based P&L model with sensitivity to variable cost components, thereby forecasting annual operating budget respective to historical trends, seasonality, special projects, etc.• Maintained full autonomy of carrier/vendor sourcing and contractual negotiations.• Successfully led the conversion from a fixed cost transportation network to a variable cost per pound structure, due to market volatility, resulting in $3.2mm annual savings. • Converted reverse logistics transportation from the U.S. Postal Service express mail to UPS ground, maintained service level commitments, and reduced cost by 60% or $5.5M annually.• Renegotiated Store-to-Store transfer rates and weekly service charges resulting in a 15% savings or $1M on an annualized basis.• Reduced expedited freight through routing optimizations and implemented business rules to sustain 34% savings or north of $1.7M. Show less



Blockbuster

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager - Operations Management

  • 2005 - 2007

  • Managed all aspects of operations within a footprint of 1 million sq. ft., 8 Managers, up to 300 employees including contract labor.• Responsible for direct and contract labor P&L, reporting variable and fixed cost components driven by order density fluctuations, product mix, process variations, etc.• Processed 132 million units annually servicing 4,000 stores in addition to 20 million returns units.• Defined dashboard metrics for KPI reporting as indicators of operational health, ensuring all functional areas in the DC are meeting cycle time standards, while meeting critical time sensitive street dates.• Defined slot optimization rules based on SKU velocity and value, decreased lead-times, and ensuring FIFO processing to mitigate aged inventory.• Trained cross functional teams on new WMS application including: Operations, Accounting, Transportation, Training, Supply Chain Services, etc. Show less

• Business Process Manager - Information Technology

  • 2002 - 2005

  • Actively led the creation of business requirements needed to migrate from legacy AS/400 system to a client server application.• Responsible for managing over 1,100 system requirements for WMS implementation.• Defined performance metrics for multi-system interface ranging from purchase order download, sales order download, RF transactions, etc.• Approved test scripts development to validate functional requirements in a simulation environment prior to migrating to production.



Montgomery Wards

• United States
• Computer and Network Security

• Facility Manager

  • 1992 - 1999

  • Responsible for managing all facets of operational activity in cross-dock facility. • Managed home delivery and 22 routes as well as resolving product issues. • Responsible for ensuring daily customer orders are fulfilled properly prior to delivery departures. • Managed R.O.R (Record of Returns), product disposition (i.e. new, used, jobber, or outlet) and negotiated vendor charge-backs to mitigated loss to the bottom line P&L. • Responsible for managing all facets of operational activity in cross-dock facility. • Managed home delivery and 22 routes as well as resolving product issues. • Responsible for ensuring daily customer orders are fulfilled properly prior to delivery departures. • Managed R.O.R (Record of Returns), product disposition (i.e. new, used, jobber, or outlet) and negotiated vendor charge-backs to mitigated loss to the bottom line P&L.